Chords with lyrics
(Some of the lyrics are unintelligible)
Standard Tuning
Intro:
FF E7E7 A minorAm C majorC (x2)
FF G+G
C majorC G minorGm FF
Verse:
FF
Why did you walk away
C/BC/B
What can I say
A minorAm
Ain't much to do
Bb majorBb
N.C. FF
Oh so blue
E7E7
And lonely I'd be
A minorAm
Without you
C majorC
N.C. FF E MajorE A minorAm
But I'll never never never never never never never change my mind
Bb majorBb
FF
Ohh what can I lay for you
E MajorE
Ain't nothing better to do
A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC
My momma told me when I was young
FF E7E7
Ohhhh by myself again It'll never end
A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC FF
By myself again doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo mmmmm
FF
Here in New York
E MajorE
In the afternoon
A minorAm
I'm passing the time away
Bb majorBb C majorC
In somebody else's room
Chorus:
FF
Ohhhh...
E MajorE A minorAm C majorC
Solitude
Bridge:
G+G
Every morning when I get up
A augmentedA tune of that I can reek in my cup
And I wrote it in a sugar bowl
Every morning just to soothe my soul
Verse 2:
FF
In the afternoon
E MajorE
In some stranger's room
A minorAm Bb majorBb
Wishing that I was dead
Chorus:
FF E MajorE A minorAm C majorC
Ooohhhh..... Such solitude oooohhhh
Verse 3:
FF E MajorE
It wasn't so bad if I knew what was happening
A minorAm Bb majorBb
But my head was full of dope
FF
Ahhh... Fooled again by
E MajorE
A augmentedA lot of cocaine... I
A minorAm
Drifted home
C majorC
But
FF
What can I do late at night
E MajorE
Everything felt uptight now
A minorAm Bb majorBb C majorC
I promise myself I'd never lose
FF E MajorE
In a lonely room
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
I let the blues
E minorEm Eb MajorEb
When I sung best too soon
G+G DbmDbm
It left this room
C majorC
Mmm...